Tip for sugar-separators.



E. ROBERTS & A. H. GIBSON. TIP FOB SUGAR SEPARATORS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1911.

1,015,510. 1 Patented Jan. 23, 1912.

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EUGENE ROBERTS KND ANGUS H. GIBSON, OF LEIHI, UTAI if.

TIP FOR SUGAR-SEPARATORS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 24,'

Patented Jan. 23,1912. 1911 Serial No 640,334.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EUGENE Romans and ANGUS H. GIBSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Lehi, inthe county, of

Utah and State of Utah, 'have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Tips for Sugar-Separators, of which the following is a specification,

Our invention relates to means to remove sugar from centrifugal separators after the saccharine crystals. have been separated from the syrup, and consists of the tip and socket on the shoe to hold the tip. The purpose of our invention is to pro vide a tip or pliddle, with which the sugar is removed from the separator by rotating the separator, which will withstand the'wear' and cutting of the sugar crystals, and which maybe turned in its socket to present dif- 29 ferent edges and faces to the banked crystals in the separator. These objects we accomplish with the deviceillustrated in the accompanyingv drawings in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures.

\ Figure'l is a plan view ofthe shoe with our socket and tip thereon parts cut away. Fig. 2 is an outside elevation of the point of the shoe, with our socket and tip therein.

'Fig. 3 is a perspective of the tip. Fig. 4

is a vertidalv transverse section on line 00 a: of Fig. 2.. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section on line :8/ y of Fig.

in the patent issued to us on May 10th,

1910, Number 957,715, of a centrifugal machine, the paddle shown and as used by usat that time was made-of wood. In the constant use to which they were sub ected, they would cut and wear away rapidly and in an uneven manner and were liable to split and become worthless. It required some considerable time to replace them with new ones and required the shutting down of the SOPHI'ZltUl' while making the change.

In our present device we construct our tip and socket to take the place of the said wooden paddle and means of fastening it to the shoe.

The tip 1 is made of vulcanized fiber and has a tenon 2 formed integral thereon. The

said tenon 2 is placed "in a socket 3 which is formed integral on the end of the shoe 4. The shoe has the same ]ournal and means of securing it to the rod of the machine as was used by us in our said prior patent. The

bottom of the socket 3 is left open except a stay rib 5 placedthereacross to hold the sides of the said socket from spreading,.

which opening allows the said tip to be struck on 'theend of the said tenon Q-and thus drive the tip out of the socket. Brace ribs 6 are provided on the edges of said socket 3 to add strength thereto; and. the upper edge of the said socket 3 is given a slight angle increasing the width thereof to conform to the top of the separator, so the tip will cut the sugar out of the upper portion of the separator when the shoe is raised.

In' use the sugar crystals will cut or wear' away the lower corner of the said tip 1, asshown in dotted lines Fig. The tip is then removed from the socket and turned so the upper becomes the lower corner, which presents a sharp and Square corner to the banked sugar, and will out much faster than when rounded, and it will also clean all of the sugar out of the corner of the separator, which can not be done with a round cornered tip. This turning may be repeated until the tip is worn away to near the point of the socket 3, as the fiber 1. A tip for sugar separators comprising an arm, a socket on the end of said arm having closed sides and ends with an open bottom, a vulcanized fibrous tip with a tenon formed integral thereon and adapted to be held by said socket.

2. A tip for sugar separators comprising a member made of fibrous material, a tenon formed integral on said member, and a 1 socket having closedsides and ends and an open bottom and adapted to receive said tenon.

3. In a tip for sugar separators the combination of a socket having closed sides and ends and an open'bottom with a rib thereacross adapted to strengthen the sides of the socket, a vulcanized fibrous tip, and a tenon formed integral on said. tip and adapt In testimony wherecf We have affixed our ed to enter said socket. signatures in presence of two witnesses.

4; In a tip for sugar separators the com EUGENE ROBERTS. I bination of a. sockt hp'ving an' open bob ANGUS H. GIBSON. ;5 tom, 3, vulcanized fibpbus tip, and a tenqg Witnessesi formed integral on said tip and adaptggi to SAM RANEY,

,be held-within said socket. R. WJLLIAMS. 

